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. >> these numbers are dizzying, but obama's job approval rating is now 49% among likely voters, which is the lowest since september, late september. even when george w. went for re-election his number never dropped below 50% among likely voters. so to see if obama is re-elected, it is going to have to go against history in the numbers statistically. >> the thing about history, no republican candidate has ever won the white house without winning ohio. obama maintaining a narrowing lead in iowa. that really could prove to be pivotal. just imagine -- fast forward, november 6, you and i will be here, at our normal shift that night. they could still be counting the votes as we sit here early on the wednesday morning. that will be very interesting to watch all that come in. but really it seems to be right now florida, ohio. even is watching those two states. >> isn't it amazing it will come down to one or two states? >> a few thousand votes potentially. that's wild. >> make sure you vote, everybody. two teenage brothers are now charged with murdering a 12-year-old neighbor girl in southern
. >> these numbers are dizzying, but obama's job approval rating is now 49% among likely voters, which is the lowest since september, late september. even when george w. went for re-election his number never dropped below 50% among likely voters. so to see if obama is re-elected, it is going to have to go against history in the numbers statistically. >> the thing about history, no republican candidate has ever won the white house without winning ohio. obama maintaining a narrowing...
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and then secondly, i know again, narrative out of the election, folks of color got president obama in. but if you look at all the numbers that were trending in the president's direction, weeks, month, in november, his job approval rating was up. direction of the economy poll numbers were up, overall direction of the country was up, it's a bigger story than to say blacks, latinos single women looking for contraception got together to get the president in. part of it. a big parting of it. not the only part of it. for a party that need to bring people back in, there is a pretty divisive things. >> yeah, somewhat surprising. but they ran on that. we need to really limit the entitlement programs. i think that is going to be a challenge to rein those in to bring down the national debt as well. he is obviously looking at it as a numbers game. and he is a numbers guy. >> yeah, it's just after the 47% tape, i thought maybe the country learned some lessons about that. but i don't know, it's tough still. the aftermath is always divisive, i guess. >> you also have donors that just basically gave
and then secondly, i know again, narrative out of the election, folks of color got president obama in. but if you look at all the numbers that were trending in the president's direction, weeks, month, in november, his job approval rating was up. direction of the economy poll numbers were up, overall direction of the country was up, it's a bigger story than to say blacks, latinos single women looking for contraception got together to get the president in. part of it. a big parting of it. not the...
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any compromise is expected to include an extension of the middle class tax cuts with increased rates at upper incomes. spending cuts could also be canceled. ahead of those talks, plenty of blame is being spread around already. >> john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> hopefully there's time for an agreement of some kind. >> speaker john boehner called the house back into session for a highly unusual sunday evening session just in case. >>> an unexpected consequence of the fiscal cliff stalemate could mean sticker shock at your grocery store. milk prices could soon spike to $8 a gallon. wow. congress has been so bogged down with the fiscal cliff, the farm bill is still on the table. if congress does not pass it, dairy subsidies would immediately end on january 1, and those subsidies have been keeping milk prices low for 63 years. >>> the price of curbside parking in chicago is going up january 1. parking meters will charge $6.50 an hour in the downtown area. chicago will have the highest parking meter rates i
any compromise is expected to include an extension of the middle class tax cuts with increased rates at upper incomes. spending cuts could also be canceled. ahead of those talks, plenty of blame is being spread around already. >> john boehner seems to care more about keeping his speakership than keeping the nation on firm financial footing. >> hopefully there's time for an agreement of some kind. >> speaker john boehner called the house back into session for a highly unusual...
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have higher approval ratings than their husbands. that's no surprise. >> no kidding. they're not the ones elected. that's a bogus number. exhausted and emotional, in the final hours, both relied heavily on the candidates' wives. abc's sharyn alfonsi reports on their workload. >> reporter: for michelle obama and ann romney, it is the end of a long grueling road. >> it's an emotional day for me because i wish i could tell you what i've learned. >> reporter: they've been there every step of the way from the photo-ops -- >> may i introduce to you. >> reporter: -- to the stump speeches. >> this is our time. >> reporter: -- to the conventions. >> michelle, i love you so much. what a lucky man i am. >> ann would have succeeded at anything she wanted to do. >> reporter: both women displaying equal parts charm. >> i love you so much. >> reporter: and steely endurance. >> we have been in so many of your communities. >> reporter: michelle obama's been a key fund raiser campaigning at 191 events. >> it sound like you are fired up and ready to go
have higher approval ratings than their husbands. that's no surprise. >> no kidding. they're not the ones elected. that's a bogus number. exhausted and emotional, in the final hours, both relied heavily on the candidates' wives. abc's sharyn alfonsi reports on their workload. >> reporter: for michelle obama and ann romney, it is the end of a long grueling road. >> it's an emotional day for me because i wish i could tell you what i've learned. >> reporter: they've been...
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. >> the white house drew its own line in the sand and said tax rates must go up on the top earners, but -- >> the middle-class tax cut should be made permanent. >> president obama stayed out of the fiscal cliff discussions and sat down for lunch with former rival mitt romney. >> i am sure they will or have already compared experiences on the campaign trail. >> today president obama hits the road to push for his plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. but republicans have slammed him for campaign-style politics that they say just won't get the job done. rob and sunny, back to you. >> can you really imagine that they're not going to reach some sort of deal to avoid the fiscal cliff? i mean that would be so unpopular across the nation. >> you would -- if you can take an action that would solve the problem for 98% of the country and then come back to the debate about the wealthiest 2%, let's get that first chunk done. republicans fear they could lose leverage if they cave in on the middle-class issue. apparently the president, his team has made increased demand here including, a provision now,
. >> the white house drew its own line in the sand and said tax rates must go up on the top earners, but -- >> the middle-class tax cut should be made permanent. >> president obama stayed out of the fiscal cliff discussions and sat down for lunch with former rival mitt romney. >> i am sure they will or have already compared experiences on the campaign trail. >> today president obama hits the road to push for his plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. but republicans have...
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the white house demanding higher tax rates for the top two tax brackets, and the republicans refusing. after rejecting the obama administration proposal last week, house republicans offered an outline for $2.2 trillion in deficit reduction, mostly through spending cuts. and while president obama would not answer questions about the counterproposal -- >> no deal better than a bad deal, sir? >> reporter: -- a senior white house official assailed it as a step backward, saying if republicans do not agree to some higher rates for wealthier taxpayer, the nation will go over the cliff, and the american people will hold the republicans responsible. wall street remains optimistic a deal will be struck. so the lack of progress is not yet resulted in a market plunge. but some economists estimate that because of the uncertainty posed by the fiscal cliff, at least 200,000 fewer jobs have been created this year. the official deadline is december 31st at midnight when the ball drops in times square. the deadline is before that, a week from friday when the house of representatives is scheduled to go
the white house demanding higher tax rates for the top two tax brackets, and the republicans refusing. after rejecting the obama administration proposal last week, house republicans offered an outline for $2.2 trillion in deficit reduction, mostly through spending cuts. and while president obama would not answer questions about the counterproposal -- >> no deal better than a bad deal, sir? >> reporter: -- a senior white house official assailed it as a step backward, saying if...
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as he makes hiss case for raising tax rates or wealthier americans as part of a larger deal with congress. and while the president's not trying to provoke anger necessarily, he is trying to drum up passions for his proposal, meeting with small business owners such as sks crop duster manufacturer david i kers. >> a lot of talk in the room about certainty. small business wants certainty, they can plan, strategically look at how we move forward. >> releasing videos from middle-class supporters, showing them pleading for their tax cuts to be extended. >> if you take away the $2,200 from the paycheck it will impact my family. >> reporter: while those for wealthier americans are allowed to expire. >> we will not solve it by creating villains. and drumming up outrage. >> reporter: republicans slammed for the president for outsourcing negotiations to treasury secretary tim geithner and members of his administration. >> rather than sitting down with lawmakers of both parties and working out an agreement he is back on the campaign trail. presumably with the same old talking points we are quite fami
as he makes hiss case for raising tax rates or wealthier americans as part of a larger deal with congress. and while the president's not trying to provoke anger necessarily, he is trying to drum up passions for his proposal, meeting with small business owners such as sks crop duster manufacturer david i kers. >> a lot of talk in the room about certainty. small business wants certainty, they can plan, strategically look at how we move forward. >> releasing videos from middle-class...
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in debt of any president ever that along with other -- unemployment rate is hanging over the democratic convention this week. and we heard personal from the first lady. as we get deeper into the election, from obama himself, we need toúj hear more about how are you going forward going to get us out of the financial mess. key question. >> need a little more meat and michelle n speech. people need to know, how, what? >> the wives are never there for meat a ann romney wasn't there for meat and potatoes. i love you women! that's not meat and potatoe policy later in the week we will see. >> looking forward to hearing from bill clinton tonight. >> i love you, america. good to be back. >> good impression of him, too. rob has so many talents. >>> moving on now to the jerry sandusky sexual abuse case and the legal costs for penn state university. lhe school spent nearly $1cf1 3 million of that gone to firms for internal investigations, and crisis communications. and nearly $4 million went to legal services and defense expenses. the numbers will go higher, the school is facing lawsuits from sand
in debt of any president ever that along with other -- unemployment rate is hanging over the democratic convention this week. and we heard personal from the first lady. as we get deeper into the election, from obama himself, we need toúj hear more about how are you going forward going to get us out of the financial mess. key question. >> need a little more meat and michelle n speech. people need to know, how, what? >> the wives are never there for meat a ann romney wasn't there for...
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obama is prepared to take the economy over the cliff unless republicans agree to raise tax rates on the wealthy. >>> meantime in georgia, some activists expressed frustration about the stalemate in holiday spirit. they delivered symbolic lumps of coal to the offices of both of their state's u.s. senators. but security guards met them outside of republican saxby chambliss' office. eventually, a few were let inside, but without the camera and media present. of course. that would have been the real story. >> folks are upset now. see what happens january 1 after you get the first paycheck and go, oh, this is what the fiscal cliff meant. yeah. whoo, 2013. >>> all right. the next story involves a new grassroots campaign that is starting. meant to draw attention to the nation's debt crisis. it is our "favorite story of the day." the campaign is called -- "the can kicks back." >> the campaign is aimed at young people and features former republican senator allen simpson, a rather spry allen simpson at that. >> stop instagraming your breakfast and tweeting your problems and getting on youtube so
obama is prepared to take the economy over the cliff unless republicans agree to raise tax rates on the wealthy. >>> meantime in georgia, some activists expressed frustration about the stalemate in holiday spirit. they delivered symbolic lumps of coal to the offices of both of their state's u.s. senators. but security guards met them outside of republican saxby chambliss' office. eventually, a few were let inside, but without the camera and media present. of course. that would have...